Healthy Weight Loss Diets

Healthy Weight Loss Diets

Dieting is the process of eating specific foods in order to maintain or lose weight. Reasons for losing weight vary according to the individual. A person may wish to lose weight for health reasons, for athletic and sporting purposes or for cosmetic reasons. Whatever the impetus, it is important to focus on healthy methods of weight loss. While some diet plans promise individuals rapid weight loss, such drastic plans can harm your overall health. Discover specific strategies for losing weight that may help you lose weight in a healthy and sustainable manner.

Healthy Weight Loss Diets

Fastest Way to Reduce Weight

Fastest Way to Reduce Weight

Fastest Way to Reduce Weight

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     Get at least 1 hour of cardiovascular exercise, 5 days of the week. Perform exercise at moderate intensity, so that your heart rate increases, you break a sweat but you are still able to hold a conversation. Incorporate speed-walking, water aerobics or bicycling. As you get stronger, increase the intensity. Exercise vigorously for 30 minutes, 5 days per week. Your heart rate and breathing increase, and you can only speak a few words. Go running, swimming or ride a bike uphill.
     
     
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     Add intervals to your cardiovascular routine. According to the Mayo Clinic, adding high intensity intervals to your cardiovascular exercise increases the amount of calories you burn. Ride a bike or jog at moderate intensity for 2 minutes. Speed up as fast as you can for 1 to 2 minutes. Switch from moderate to high intensity over the duration of your workout.
     
     
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     Perform strength training exercises on 2 days of the week. During strength training, you burn calories and afterward, when resting, your body still burns calories because, to maintain muscle tissue, your body has to work harder than when it maintains fat. Perform strength training exercises that use your body weight. Include lunges, pushups and squats and incorporate exercises with free weights and weightlifting machines.
     
     
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     Consume fewer calories on a daily basis. Multiply your current weight in pounds by 7 to find out the calories you can consume daily to lose weight while still maintaining your health. WebMD recommends you do not go under 1,200 calories a day without medical supervision.
     
     
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     Minimize your starch intake. Consume complex carbohydrates, such as oatmeal, whole-wheat pasta and brown rice, if you must have starches. Eat starches early in the day and reduce or avoid them as the day goes on. Fill up on vegetables, fruits, lean meats, nonfat dairy products and water.
     
     
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     Keep a food and exercise journal to help you stay focused. Record your daily food intake and your daily exercise routine. If your weight loss stops, consult your journal to see what is causing this and where you can make adjustments.
     
     
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     Get 8 hours of sleep at night, because a lack of sleep keeps your metabolism from functioning properly during your waking hours. You are also less stress resistant during the day when you are sleep deprived. You may give into cravings quicker and sabotage your diet.

Share Photos on Facebook

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  Since many people's friends are on Facebook, it has become a one of the most used photo share websites. Sharing photos is quick and the online photo albums are easy for people to see.

  First thing's first, find the photos you want to add to your Facebook album. Put them into a new folder, on your desktop or somewhere you can easily find them.
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  Open your Internet browser and log into your Facebook account.
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  Visit the Facebook "Profile" by clicking on the word "Profile" on the top right of the page.
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  Click on the "Photos" on Facebook Profile page from the tabs which appears below your profile name.
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  Select the album in which you want to add photos. Click on the album and a page will load where you will see all of the existing photos in the album, which you can edit if would like. To add photos, click on the "Add More Photos" tab on the top left of the page.
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  In order to add photos to a Facebook album, you need to click on the drive that appears when the Java upload box appears with a display of all your folders on the left side of the box. Click on your drive and then the folder that contains the photos you want to upload. Once you click on the folder all the photos of the folder will appear on a screen with a selection box on the top left corner of each photo.
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  Select the photos you want to upload. If you want to select all photos in the folder click on "Select All" button that is available on the top of the photo uploading box.
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  Click on "Upload" button. Once you click on "Upload," a small pop-up box will appear showing the upload in progress. Once the upload is complete another pop-up box will appear with a message conveying successful uploading of images.
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  Click on "OK" and another page will load where you can apply captions and tag your friends. with this step you have successfully uploaded your photo to an existing album.
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  Click on the link below that states "Try The Simple Uploader" if you come across any difficulty in this process. Clicking on the link will take you to a page where you will get several "Choose File" buttons. Click on a button to upload the photo you want to upload. Select the photos from the folder and click on "Open". Select as many photos as you want and click on the Upload button below. Provide captions if you'd like and tag your friends. Now you know how to add photos to Facebook album!

How to Maintain Weight Loss

How to Maintain Weight Loss

Many people have difficulty losing weight. It could be because of a slow metabolism because of poor eating habits and a lack of an exercise regiment. It is possible to remain strong and healthy as we age; but there are certain adjustments we will have to make, if we are to do so. Maintaining a healthy weight is the key to avoiding age related disease such, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.

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Fruits and vegetables: To maintain weight loss, eating six to eight servings of fresh fruit and vegetables, a day. Eat food high in fiber, like, whole grains, nuts and beans to ward off hunger.

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Water: Drink plenty of water, helps with digestion, increases energy and rid the body of toxins and keeps the body properly hydrated.

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Vitamins: Take multi-vitamin/mineral supplement. A supplement will help assure that you get everything you need to maintain your weight and be healthy.

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Eat more: Eat at least six times a day to keep the metabolism charged and helps you to burn more fat. Eat five or six small meals, which would include healthy snacks in between meals to maintain weight loss.

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Junk food: Cutting unhealthy foods such as chips, cookies, fast foods, refined sugars and carbonated drinks, will help you to keep off those extra pounds.

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Exercise: Regular exercise is essential to burn calories and maintain a healthy weight. Strength training is excellent for maintaining bone density and core strength.